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climb
What does climb mean?
climb (verb): to mount; to move upwards on.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use climb in a sentence?
- Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce climb?
/klaɪm/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does climb come from?
From Middle English climben, clymben, from Old English climban (“to climb”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to climb
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “climb”?
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What does “climb” mean?
use as a basis for; found on
Not quite: that's what base means.
look at again; examine again
Not quite: that's what review means.
to mount; to move upwards on
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to begin, commence, initiate
Not quite: that's what start means.
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